Acupuncture for insomnia? An overview of systematic reviews

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 116-123

  Ernst, Edzard ^a   Lee, Myeong Soo ^a,b   Choi, Tae Young ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; bias; evidence; insomnia; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; DATA BASE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 79957463866     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: 17511402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13814788.2011.568475     Document Type: Review

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